All expenditures by government are financed by general taxation. In 2011, direct spending by government
accounted for 18.9 percent of the total health expenditure (CHF64.6 billion [US$70.1 billion]), while incomebased
SHI subsidies accounted for an additional 6.3 percent. Including SHI premiums (28.6% of total health
expenditure, SHI subsidies subtracted), other social insurance schemes (6.5%), and old age and disability benefits
(4.5%), publicly financed health care accounted for 64.9 percent of all health care spending.